Joshua Danish

Image of a course flyer that explains what the course, storying as research methodology” is all about. It includes the questions the course will ask, the books students enrolled will read, and an account of the work students will do.

I meant to share here yesterday, but I forgot. I made a flyer for my storying-focused grad class that I’ll be teaching next fall, and I think it’s cute!!

An executive at a former company sent me and my team an irritating email. My colleague meant to forward it to me but accidentally responded to the sender with “asswipe.” Was a bit hard to explain that away!

The game looks great, and more importantly the jokes rolling in are amazing!

Sadly I am sure you are correct.

U of I College of Education providing mental health service to the community CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The benefits of therapy have been proven, but resources and a lack of therapists can get in the way of people receiving much needed help. But — the College of E…

The benefits of therapy have been proven, but resources and a lack of therapists can get in the way of people receiving much needed help. But — the College of Education at the University of Illinois has a solution.

Gah!!!

Graphic showing University of Illinois Education rankings in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report: #6 in Curriculum & Instruction, #6 for Veterans, and #9 in Educational/Instructional Media Design, on a navy blue background with an orange 'I' logo.

Our online master’s degree options are once again ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News and World Report.

#6 - Curriculum & Instruction
#6 - Best Online Master’s Programs for Veterans (New)
#9 - Educational/Instructional Media Design

Explore our online degree options: https://bit.ly/3ZAZoFf

Moton Named 2026 MLK Champion

Congratulations to teaching assistant professor Theopolies Moton III on receiving the honor of 2026 MLK Champion by the University of Illinois MLK Commemorative Planning Committee last night.

Read more: https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/1526/52701161

We also have aqara locks / video doorbell which are solid. I don’t have direct experience with their stand-alone cameras but some quick searching doesn’t suggest Amazon or google owns them though it’s hard to say…

Fair. I just avoid the subscription but totally get that. Following in the hopes you hear great suggestions!!

We’ve been happy with “blink” and are able to keep it all local

I’m personally offended and will include this anecdote in all of my future talks! 🤣

This also ignores that it’s possible to look toward the front of a classroom without being attentive and at one’s phone or peer for good reason…

We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025 Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of gener...

I think this is an important methodological statement, rejecting the use of Gen AI in Reflexive Qualitative Research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Still accepting applications until Jan 20 for Wallace-supported ISLS attendance funding!

Jan Hawkins Award - Announcement of the 2026 Award Nominations are now open for the 2026 Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies. Dr. Jan Hawkins (1952-1999) was a developmental...

Plz Share: Seeking nominees (self and external nominations welcome) for the 2026 Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies awarded through @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Division C.

Info here: sites.google.com/site/janhawk...

Completely agree! Though I also feel like we need more discussion about how those with influence / power are positioning science in problematic ways and what it might mean for people to trust / listen to them instead of / in addition to / in conjunction with scientists?

That’s is awesome! Of all the ways I’ve tried to debunk that one over the years I never thought to try a watermelon!

Happy to see this but now wondering if they included “dad jokes” as a category? That’s my strength! If you can call it that…

Apparently we need more public education efforts to understand the difference between things AI does on its own and things that humans program AI to do… AI issuing comments about its failings and suggesting it is working on them makes sense in Star Trek but frankly would be scary in the real.

Love the heat y’all are bringing on AI. For those of you in LS, ISLS is likely to host focused conversations this year on AI to inform our policies.

Please show up. I need your voices in the room to help ensure we on the board advance ethical policy stances.

A thread on how GenAI corroded literature and citations

Just learned from our younger child what the current version of “first world problems” is.

YC - “So my friend told me he couldn’t fit in his slacks anymore because his glutes had gotten bigger from working out, and I was like ‘oh no your lobster’s too buttered’”

We will not be robbed of our learning.
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I love when teachers ask if they can share what kids have done in our studies with their parents in a showcase because it’s cool!

Q&A: Rebuilding the Dual Language Classroom to Better Support All Learners

As part of her National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation grant, @ciatillinois.bsky.social Assistant Professor Giselle Martinez Negrette is rebuilding the dual language classroom by understanding how those spaces are created and experienced by the people within them.

Holy cow! Glad you are OK!

D'Angelo to Study STEM Challenges for Type 1 Diabetics

“People with T1D need to make many decisions to manage the chronic illness that involve various factors that interact with each other within a complex system,” says D’Angelo. “I’m excited about this project and its potential to improve the educational landscape for people with T1D”

Using Scientific Annotation Tools to Support Collaborative Embodied Learning in Elementary School Classrooms - Journal of Science Education and Technology Past research has demonstrated the utility of technologically mediated embodiment for young students’ science learning; however, many technologies designed to support embodied learning engage only sma...

SO Excited to finally have this paper out! Lead author @bahhumburg.bsky.social and the whole team did some really cool work! “Using Scientific Annotation Tools to Support Collaborative Embodied Learning in Elementary School Classrooms” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

In this timeline I take my wins where I can.